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TrogL

(32,825 posts)
Fri May 12, 2023, 10:47 PM May 2023

Edmonton is a sea of orange signs. What's going on?

Full disclosure I'm sort of a campaign worker for the NDP party.

I drive around the city handing out parking tickets. I live downtown but my route includes the outer suburbs. Even in hardcore Conservative ridings, orange signs are outnumbering blue.

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Bev54

(11,910 posts)
1. Edmonton has been NDP for awhile and I believe even in the last election. It is Calgary that is
Fri May 12, 2023, 11:33 PM
May 2023

split. I live in Calgary and I am liberal but Alberta really has no chance of any liberal government. I will vote NDP because they are the better alternative. I will never vote UPC - Did anyone tell the conservatives that progressive conservative is an oxymoron, they are just morons and don't even get me started on Danielle Smith, the crazy is evident.

Spazito

(54,037 posts)
3. Smith scares the crap out of so many...
Sat May 13, 2023, 08:30 AM
May 2023

being an anti-vaxxer nutcase doesn't make for a desirable candidate to anyone but her most rabid base. The polls look good for the NDP so far, have my fingers crossed.

Bev54

(11,910 posts)
4. She is trying to buy the vote with giving out money. Pretending right now she is a "normal"
Sat May 13, 2023, 11:30 AM
May 2023

candidate. I thought Jason Kenny was a crazy ass Napoleon but this woman is beyond a doubt, worse.

Spazito

(54,037 posts)
5. Every time she tries to pretend she is 'normal', video shows up with her REAL beliefs...
Sat May 13, 2023, 12:15 PM
May 2023

the latest one, comparing those who chose to get vaccinated to those who followed hitler, was so vile. I really thought she couldn't shock me any more but that one proved me wrong.

I'm counting on the majority of Albertans to use common sense and refuse to buy into the false facade Smith is currently trying to sell. Rachel Notley and the NDP are no longer an unknown and with a pretty good record overall so the previous 'fear' of 'socialists' is no longer there, imo, which elevates their chances when compared to what else is out there.

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